Pune: The death toll in the Pune building collapse has climbed to 11. The four-storied residential building was under construction when it collapsed in the Sahakar Nagar area on Monday afternoon.
Ten people were pulled out alive from under the rubble.
The rescue operation ended at 5 am on Monday. The cause of the collapse is yet to be determined.
According to a Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) spokesman, the building was an unauthorised construction and a notice had already been served on its owners for demolition....
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10:51 AM, Sep 25, 2012
Pune: A few days before the serial blasts in the city on August 1, the Disaster Management Cell of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had warned in a report that there was a big terrorism threat in the Ghole Road civic ward, which includes Deccan and JM Road areas. The report had also suggested some guidelines to avoid a terror attack. As a response to the German Bakery blast of...
05:14 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Bangalore: The traders at the APMC yard in Yeshwantpur have complained that indiscriminate power cuts are causing them a loss of Rs 6 to 8 crore a day. On Tuesday, there was no electricity supply 10 am to 3 pm affecting work across the yard as weighing scales and bridges. The bank branches had to function without power. This is not an isolated problem, but it happens everyday and it...
03:13 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Pune: The municipal commissioner came down hard on car wash centres in Pune and imposed a total ban on drinking water and ground water being used for vehicle washing purposes. Taking serious cognisance to the current water shortage in the city as a result of low levels in the four dams that supply the city, Mahesh Pathak issued a written order, copy with MiD DAY, to all concerned departments in...
04:49 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Mumbai: In a major breather for the five million people of Pune, the Maharashtra government has given the green signal for the state's second Metro rail project after Mumbai in Pune, a top official said. "In the first phase, it will connect Ramwadi-Wanaz on an elevated track at a cost of Rs.2,593 crore," the official said after a late-night cabinet meeting June 6. Thereafter, the second phase, around 44 km...
12:23 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Kolkata: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to double the existing number of coins to 12 billion pieces to keep pace with their increasing demand. An expert committee will also be set up to assess the feasibility and make necessary recommendations. "There has been ever increasing demand of coins in the country. Keeping this in mind, the RBI is mulling to...
01:23 AM, Apr 01, 2012
Pune: The 'Occupy Men's Toilet' campaign started by women in China to protest against the lack of sanitation facilities for them is beginning to grip the imagination of women in the city. Activists, working women and college students are now saying that if the 78 newly elected women representatives in the civic house do nothing on the issue, they will launch a similar drive in the city. The PMC has...
09:48 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Pune: Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal has been accused of misusing the mayor's fund for personal gain. The allegation was made by RTI activist Mahendra Dhavade on the basis of a brief account statement obtained from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Information Office. Rajpal refuted the allegation, calling it an attempt to malign his image at a time when elections were nearing. Urging Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Pathak to conduct an inquiry, Dhavade...
12:46 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Pune: The decision on whether to have underground or elevated metro routes for the city will now be delayed further as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) General Body yesterday deferred the voting on it until March next year. While corporators from the Shiv Sena, MNS and BJP demanded the issue be discussed yesterday itself, the Congress and NCP voted in favour of the decision being deferred. The outcome was finally...
04:13 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Pune: Another potential land scam involving the Army. This time a citizen has alleged the Army has encroached on his land. 69 acres of it and even wrongfully claimed compensation of four and half crores from the Pune Municipal Corporation. Not just that the Army now claiming the land is theirs..But as Anubha Bhonsle now reports the force has now document to prove it...and has in fact denied owning the...
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09:14 PM, Aug 02, 2007
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